Advertising device.



No.- 840,577. PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

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ADVERTISING 11mm. APPLICATION FILED APR-18,1906.

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- OTTO N. MOORE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 907.

Application filed April 18. 1906- Serial No. 312.289.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO N. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AdvertisingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my inventlon is to produce an'advertising novelty whichfor shipment may be readily placed in a flat envelop, but when releasedfrom the envelo will assume a shape in imitation of a solid ody, such asa piece of furniture or otherwise.

The accompanying drawings illustrate embodiments of my invention.

Figure 1 is a plan of a piece of cardboard cut and scored to fold intothe semblance of a chair. Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof in foldedcondition. Fig. 3 is a plan of another embodiment; Fig 4, a section online 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the structure shown inFigs. 3 and 4 in the condition assumed as soon as the parts arereleased.

Fundamentally my invention consists in first forming, either from asingle sheet or from portions connected together, a series ofscore-lines, whereby the parts may be folded so as to assume positionsto form an imitation of a solid body, and connecting opposite portionsof the article by a flexible yielding connection which when permitted toexercise its force upon the folds will force said portions from thepositions in which they lie to a new position, at the same time forcingother portions of the device into new positions to bring the severalparts into positions simulating a solid body.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the sheet is provided with a pair of score-lines 3 and4 and alined slits 3 and 4, thus forming a back 5, a seat 6, and sides 77. The sides 7 7 are perforated at 8, and leading to each of theseperforations is a slit 9, through which a rubber band 10 may be passedinto the perforations, said band extending on one side across the backof the sheet and on the other side extending across the fronts or innerfaces of the sides 7 7 and beneath the bottom of the seat 6, the bandbeing stretched considerably in order to be brought into this position.The device here shown may be flattened out, as shown in Fig.

l l l 1, so that it may be laced in an envelop; but

as soon as it is re eased the band- 10 will draw the two sides 7 7together and force the seat 6 upward, so as to bring the parts into theposition shown in Fig. 2 and yieldingly hold the same in that position.

In the form shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5 the main sheet is provided withscore-linesll 11,

12 12, 13 13, and 14 14, thus dividing the sheet into a main body 15,side flaps 16, top and bottomflaps 17 17, fronts 18 18, and lips 19 19.A sheet 20 is placed between the two lips 19 19 and attached thereto,and this sheet is folded along the line 21 to form a lip 22, attached tothe inner face of body 15, while at its outer end it is folded alongline. 23 to form a depending lip 24. The sides 16 16 are each perforatedat 26, and a slit 27 leads thereto, so that a rubber band 28 may bestretched and passed into the perforations 26, one side of the bandpassing back of the body 1.5, while the other side passes beneath theunder lips 19, so that as soon as the parts are released the band willdraw the two sides 7 5 16 16 together and throw the intermediateportions upward about the lines 12 12, thus causing the parts to assumepositions simulatin a. piano. 1

I c aim as my invention- 1. A structure comprising a series of portionshinged together to simulate a solid body when in one position andcapable of folding to a substantially flat position, and a flexibleconnection connecting opposite mem- 8 5 bers and normally urging saidmembers to a solid simulating position, said flexible connection being,at a, point intermediate its connection with the first-mentionedopposite members, in engagement with an intermedi- 0 ate portion of thebody having an axis at an angle to the axes of the first-mentioned opposite members, and deflected thereby when the parts are thrown in flatposition.

2. A structure comprising a serlesofpor- 5 tions hinged together tosimulate a solid body when in one position and capable of folding to asubstantially flat position, and a rubber band connecting oppositemembers and normally urging said members to a solid simu- Ioo latingposition, said rubber band being, at a point intermediate its connectionwith the first-mentioned opposite members, in engagehand and seal, atIndianapolis, Indiana, this ment with an intermediate portion of the16th day of April, A. D; 1906. body having an axis at an angle to theaxes of the first-mentionedopposite'members, and Z OTTO MOORE 5deflected thereby When the parts are thrown Witnesses:

in flat position. ARTHUR M. H001),

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my THOMAS W. MCMEANS.

